wal-mart in the united states will be negatively affected, but it will push and leverage and it will require other countries by their commitment to be held accountable to the standard that we have set and take our gold standard and extended to the rest of the world. so there are three reasons i have heard that we cannot do this. when i hear them, i am reminded of what i learned when i was a prosecutor a few years ago. i learned that if the facts are against you, and argue the law. if the law is against you, argue the facts. both are against you, just make it up. well, that's exactly what is happening here, mr. president. neither the law nor the facts support any argument that has been made on the other side of this screen. so we are facing a fictitious set of arguments on abortion and homeschooling and lame-duck sessions -- all the arguments are contradicted by the facts of the law, and let me document that. this treaty is based on the americans with disabilities act, and we pass that 20 years ago. and all this 20 years, the senator from iowa -- has any child and separated from a par